Travel & Leisure
Medicine, sweets, whisky, even stationery hot souvenirs in Japan
Local retailers celebrate the return of the tourist hordes
Travel & Leisure
Travel & Leisure
Chinese factory city finds second life as BBQ boomtown
Zibo's tasty, affordable meat skewers lure crowds via social media
Life
Exploring the changing face of India's Nagaland
Unique tour spotlights both tradition and modernity in state once known for headhunters
Life
Australia's gambling addiction extends far beyond high rollers
Poker machines pull in piles of cash for pubs and clubs
Caixin
China's holiday spending boom masks patchy recovery
Weaknesses in areas such as manufacturing and real estate worry analysts
Travel & Leisure
Maldives leads tourism recovery, buoyed by Russian travelers
Several Asian destinations benefit from limited choices after war
Transportation
Japan to require overseas flights use 10% sustainable fuel
Jetliners entering and leaving the nation must meet regulation by 2030
South China Sea
Philippines uses tourism to advance South China Sea claims
Sights include scenic waters, sandy beaches and 'Welcome to China!' texts
Travel & Leisure
Macao casinos' reopening boost blunted by junket crackdown
Recovery in gaming pushes up revenue but high rollers stay away
Transportation
Qantas to double Japan flights in bet on global travel rebound
Australian carrier's Japanese service set to surpass pre-pandemic levels
Caixin
Royal Caribbean to resume China cruises, marking end of COVID
Specially designed ship for 5,000 passengers to return to Shanghai in April 2024
Travel & Leisure
Japan visitors rise to nearly 2m in April as China travel curbs ease
Arrivals still down about a third from April 2019
Transportation
Death of Hong Kong ferry captain suggests severity of labor shortage
Understaffed businesses fail to keep up with blitz of mainland China tourists
Sri Lanka crisis
Sri Lanka tourism on comeback trail after bombings, COVID, unrest
Visitors return to broke Indian Ocean island but operators struggle with costs
Travel & Leisure
Air New Zealand to offer beds in economy class from $250 each
Skynest available on Auckland to New York or Chicago flights
Travel & Leisure
Emirates bets on strong China demand after COVID opening
Gulf airline aims for full capacity by next March as Asia travel appetite grows
Travel & Leisure
Small group tours take overseas travelers to rare sites in Japan
Tokyo's Otomo targets tourist spots not readily accessible by large tours
Travel & Leisure
China domestic travel rebound fuels earnings at Marriott, Hyatt
Hotel revenues recover after end of zero-COVID despite soft international travel
Transportation
70% of Japan's local railways say pre-COVID ridership won't return
Combined losses more than double from before pandemic, survey shows
